Humanities Arts Cultural Stu 0209 - Video I: Production Sketchbook

Video, still images and sound are used in this course to explore the fundamental character of story telling, filmmaking and time-based art practices. Students perform all aspects of production with particular attention to developing ideas and building analytical and critical skills. We will read seminal written work and interviews with practicing avant-garde artists in order to expand our knowledge, understanding and love for the medium. Through exercises that include in-class and weekly projects students will produce sketches aimed at exploring video as an experimentation tool. There will be special emphasis paid to sound design that includes original music, and ambient sound gathered with separate sound recorder. The class will review the history of video art to give students the basic theoretical tools to critique their own productions and develop an understanding of the possibilities that medium offers. Enrolled students and top 5 waitlist students who DO NOT attend the first class session risk losing their place on the class roster.

Independent Work Lab fee: $65. Prerequisites: 100-level course in media or studio arts (Introduction to Media Arts, Introduction to Media Production), or an equivalent course in film history/theory or art history that has been completed prior and not concurrent to this workshop. In this course, students can expect to spend approximately 8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time.